The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1887-10-28

they have been so crowded that the employees
have worked on holidays, for which they re-
ceived extra pay.
The high price of coal is Increasing the de-
mand for wood stoves. the demand for which
dealers say is larger than it has been for several
years "
F. r. Jennings, manufacturer of fruit buffers
end ielles, is so pressed with orders that he is
working u day force of sixty and q night force of
thirty persons rs
Chandler e. Taylor yesterday shipped four
saw mile complete to Portland, Ore. This week
they received order for saw mill and en- CINE
to go to South America
Although there have been over thirty million
of brick manufactured this season there is not
enough stock left over 10 fill the probable de.
mand until the opening OF the season next
spring.
closed contract with the trustees of the Sol
diers' Orphans Home. at Knightstown. to sup
ply that institution with 800 incandescent lights
and an engine
seventy carloads of slaves per week An aver
age of $50 loaded cars handled on their
switches weekly by the Belt road engines, their
works being located on the Belt road.
Shipments OF hard wood lumber east are now
limited by the that can be commanded.
One of the fast freight line men that the
shipments by Indianapolis dealers would reach
fifty car loads per day il the cars were here.
1900 hogs per dav. They have expended in the
last ninety DAYS S25. 600 in making improvements
in their property. among other things putting in
additional Hamilton Corhss engine of 200
horse power.
The Indianapolis Cabinet Company contem-
plate enlargng their works. This establish ment
now turns ont annually as many desks as any
five manufactures 10 this country. and are still
unable to fill their orders with the promptness
they desire to.
VIM. Terrell has taken within few days
number of contracts for far off points. Among
these ara contracts for tiles aud mantels at Cor
sicana Tex; Ludlngton. Mich. and Omaha. At
the last named place he will furnish 5000 square
feet Of tile for hotel.
Within the last thirty DAYS forty-four lots have
been cold to parties on the West Side who will
erect houses thereon. Most OF the purchasers
are mechanics employed on the Belt road or at
the car-works Ninety houses have been built
on the West Side this season.
lockwood, Newcomb & Co. have this week
shipped two saw-mills complete to Kentucky.
the same number to Michigan. and one to the
southern part of the State Mr. Necomb is of
the opinion that the machine-shops are all to
have plenty OF work this winter.
Between now and the holidays Daggett & Co.
expect to convert one hundred and twenty tons
OF sugar into confectioneres. This firm now
manufacture all the candies they sell; and are
shipping goods to cities in New York. Pennsyl-
vanla and into the New England States.
The Indianapolis malleaoe ron-works will
probably give employ ment to their present force
Of 720 men and boys through the winter months.
There is not business center of Importance In
this country where they are not Shipping their
goods, often loading cars of 10000 capacity for
st. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville.
Should the weather be favorable for killing.
Coffin, Greenstreet & Fletcher will commence
s!aughtering 1,500 hogs per day next week.
During the past season this packing house has
largely increased it's facilities for killing and for
smoking meats. and will slaughter twice
many hogs this year as in previous years.
Dean Brothers have under construction a1aree
vacuum pump for Bradley & Co. Syracuse. n. Y
They have this week shipped one of their largest
mining pumps to Brazil. Ind, vertical deep
we'll pump to Terre Hante and large duplex
fire pump to Manistique Mich. They also
shipped to the Sheffield IRON works. At Sheffield.
Ala, one of their large vertical pumping engines
for supplying furnace with water and nave
under construction a similar engine for the Lady
Ensley furnace at the same place and one of
their mining pumps to Coalition. O.
The Van Camp Canning Company this season
put up 1.6l0. 900 thres-pound cans of tomatoes,
and now putting up 2O0. 900 cans of pumpkin.
This establishment has for the last three months,
1900 persons. They had contracts with 103 diff
ferent tomato-growers to furnish them with
stock, and these contractors kept IL service two
to four teams hauling tomatoes to the canning
factory. Before another season they intend to
considerably enlarge their works and go into the
canning of fruits and tomatoes more
tensive scale than heretofore.
The American Paper Pulley Company has
orders for several hundred puleys. For sixty
DAYS past the company has been troubled to get
material to manufacture pulevs from. Three
m onths ago the Union Straw Board COMPANY,
which has become immensely rich from the man
ufacture of straw boards boneht mp all other
manufactures of this material, and have got a
monopoly the business and very indie
pendent IS to filing orders, although they have
already advanced the price So per ton. Several
of the smaller strawboard manufactures have
been shut down to prevent over-production, and
the monopolists have the whole thing in their
own hands.